0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Yu Yu, who accidentally "remembered the wrong" number, was unsure whether the wrong number had already been guessed and invalidated by others in the first round. However, judging from Su Xing's reaction, he certainly didn't know if the number 4 had a real owner.

However, this also carries other risks, because Yu Yu doesn't know Su Xing's number, and when the two of them go to check it, they could easily be exposed.

For example, Su Xing is 10, and he thought Yu Yu was 4. The two of them went to room 15 together. The light should have been red, but it turned green instead. This made it clear that Yu Yu was lying.

Of course, the chances of the two of them going to the room alone to check are not high.

On the one hand, Su Xing believed that their numbers were in his possession and there was no need to check them. On the other hand, Yu Yu's honesty and cooperation in the first round made Su Xing lower his guard, and in the second round, he habitually regarded Yu Yu as a reliable teammate.

However, just in case, Yu Yu thought it best for them to go to the large room in groups of three or four, just like in the first round.

Unfortunately, the five brothers now know about Su Xing and Yu Yu's alliance and are wary of them. They only verify with the two of them twice at most, and then they won't go any further. As a result, they have very little information about the others.

“I think I can release Liang Ge’s and Hu Zi’s numbers first.” While Wang Zhengliang went to the verification room, Su Xing pulled Yu Yu aside and whispered, “I took a few glances outside while they were checking.”

Su Xing was referring to the fact that he had secretly seen the color of the room lights when the others were checking.

"Wow, you're so ruthless, Allen! You've managed to squeeze Liang out of everyone in both rounds?" Yu Yu winked teasingly.

"I'm just being respectful to my elders, I wanted Brother Liang to go down and rest for a bit..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yu made a move to pry open the door to the verification room: "Brother Liang! Allen said you—"

"Just kidding, just kidding, why do you like to tattle? Are you my teammate or someone else's teammate?" Su Xing quickly pulled Yu Yu back.

“I’ve even given you my number, so even if you want to quit at the last minute, you can’t. You can vote me out anytime.”

"So you'd better just stay put, Yu Shao. The car doors have been welded shut for a long time." Su Xing patted Yu Yu on the shoulder. "Our little alliance will need you sometime in the future."

Su Xing could roughly deduce the range of Wang Zhengliang and Lu Hu's numbers, but the range for the two was too large. He only had three verification coupons, and once they were used up, he would have none left. So he decided to have Yu Yu use the two verification coupons she had to eliminate two incorrect options first.

If Yu Yu is lucky enough to guess the answer directly, that would be even better, as they would then have more verification tickets to use against others.

His idea was good, but he didn't know that Yu Yu had given him the wrong number from the very beginning of the second round.

At this moment, Wang Zhengliang finally came out of the verification room. He originally wanted to verify the Land Rover's number, but unfortunately, when it came to the final two-choice number selection, he chose the wrong number, which caused him to use up all the verification coupons he had.

He finally learned the Land Rover's number, but without ammunition, he had no idea how to proceed.

After he came out, Yu Yu took the number range given by Su Xing and went into the verification room.

Trial and error is quite simple; you can just pick any two numbers within the range and try them out. However, if Yu Yu wants to ensure that she only "trials and errors" and never "trials and errors," then there's a bit more to it.

Because the number Yu Yu gave Su Xing was greater than his own, the range of Liang Hu's numbers that Su Xing deduced at this moment was actually too high. If he wanted to ensure the error rate, he could just try from the highest number downwards.

So Yu Yu verified 9 and 7 for Wang Zhengliang, and unsurprisingly, neither of these numbers belonged to Xiao Liang.

"That shouldn't be the case..." Su Xing walked into the verification room with some doubt.

He tried three times before finally guessing Wang Zhengliang's number at the last minute and got the two verification coupons back.

Wang Zhengliang is number 6, which is considered to be in the middle area.

Then he recalled the result when Yu Yu, Wang Zhengliang, and the Land Rover entered rooms 15 and 20 together: room 15 had a green light, and room 20 had a red light.

Yu Yu is 4, Wang Zhengliang is 6, then 5 < Land Rover ≤ 10.

Based on his previous observations, he deduced that the Land Rover's license plate number wouldn't be too large.

Su Xing tried the number 7 for the first time, but the screen displayed an error; it wasn't a Land Rover's number.

剩下的8/9/10之中，8是章远第一轮的号码，那难不成是9？

The appearance of the four big words "Verification failed" completely confused Su Xing. According to his previous deduction, the Land Rover's number would not exceed 10. Now only number 10 was left to be verified, but he had no verification coupons left.

Could it be that he misread or misremembered something before? Su Xing frowned as he walked out of the verification room. Before he could figure out what was going on, he ran into Wang Zhengliang, whom he had eliminated. He immediately put aside his doubts and bowed ninety degrees to apologize to Wang Zhengliang.

He apologized, but he was still quite happy that one person was eliminated.

Wang Zhengliang, who was eliminated, was not happy at all: "Hmph!"

"Brother Tiger, you didn't figure it out?" At this moment, Yu Yu moved closer to him and asked, feigning surprise.

"I've tested it, but I don't have any coupons. The landlord's family has no surplus grain." Su Xing sighed and spread his hands.

"Hey, that's easy, just find someone else to cooperate with. You should ask Yuanyuan, he'll definitely agree," Yu Yu encouraged.

“But I always feel like something’s not right…” Su Xing frowned.

Su Xing began to recalculate, but the others did not intend to give him time to organize his thoughts.

Zhang Yuan eliminated Land Rover, and Chen Chusheng silently tried out Su Xing's number.

Yes, while Su Xing was still struggling with his drafts, Chen Chusheng eliminated him directly.

Su Xing raised his head, looking quite unwilling. According to him, he had deliberately left Chen Chusheng for the final showdown, but he didn't expect that the other party would not give him that chance and would directly attack him.

Back in the round hall, Wang Zhengliang, who had been eliminated by Su Xing, had already locked himself in a single isolation room according to the rules. When he saw Su Xing return, he deliberately acted arrogant and turned away, not wanting to talk to him. Su Xing coaxed him a couple of times and then curiously asked what number was on Land Rover's hand.

"I am number 4," Land Rover answered truthfully.

“4, I knew it, your number was definitely a small number… wait, you, are you number 4?” Su Xing stared wide-eyed in the isolation room. In that instant, a light flashed through his mind, and a possibility he had never thought of appeared in his mind.

No wonder he guessed the Land Rover was a small number but ended up with a large one; no wonder Wang Zhengliang's actual number was smaller than he deduced; no wonder Yu Yu was just slacking off and not very enthusiastic about the group checks—he thought Yu Yu just didn't want to play the game…

He even began to doubt himself, wondering if he had misread or miscalculated. He never questioned the authenticity of Yu Yu, never expecting that this heartless scumbag had actually deceived him!

"Serves you right for being sent in by Brother Sheng!" Su Xing glared at Yu Yu resentfully, just like Wang Zhengliang had glared at him resentfully before.

Yes, after Su Xing, Yu Yu was also eliminated by Chen Chusheng and sent to solitary confinement.

"I initially thought we were on the same team, but I never expected you to be an undercover agent who helped Chen Chusheng eliminate me!"

Although Su Xing was just teasing Yu Yu about his "loyalty" to his elder brother, Yu Yu did indirectly help Chen Chusheng eliminate him to some extent.

Su Xing was misled by Yu Yu, but Chen Chusheng, who had checked the documents with them three times, was not.

“Hey, you’re wrong. We were definitely on the same team at the beginning. The number I gave you was real,” Yu Yu corrected Su Xing. “But I didn’t say that we’d continue our alliance in the second round, right?”

"This is terrifying. Is this the world of you middle-aged men in your forties?" Su Xing brought up Yu Yu's age in the escape room script.

But for some reason, Wang Zhengliang always felt that he was being scolded.

Chen Chusheng, on the other side, also sneezed.

Wang Yuexin returned shortly afterward; he had been eliminated by Zhang Yuan.

The final 1V1 duel between Zhang Yuan and Chen Chusheng ended with Chen Chusheng's victory. When Chen Chusheng returned, he specifically thanked Zhang Yuan, knowing that Zhang Yuan had more verification coupons than him, and that Zhang Yuan had actually given him the victory.

"Happy birthday, Brother Sheng!" Zhang Yuan said with a grin. He deliberately used the wrong answer to invalidate all his verification coupons as one of the birthday gifts for Chen Chusheng.

Of course, you can't just give this as a gift when it's your brother's birthday.

Chen Chusheng emerged victorious, and the Joker then announced that Chen Chusheng's friend Lele would be released, while the other friends would remain forever. As for the other old Beibei, the Joker gave Chen Chusheng a key, allowing him to decide their fate.

If it were Su Xing or Yu Yu outside at this moment, they might have pretended to consider whether to release the other brothers, but Chen Chusheng didn't need to consider it at all. After the clown left, he immediately turned around, released Yu Yu who was closest to him first, and then circled around clockwise.

The seven people, now reunited, walked out through a newly opened door in the hall and into a performance hall. The hall was small, with only one row of seats, and the curtain was behind the railing in front.

Here, they finally saw the clown, Xiaoyu's true face. The actor looked to be in his twenties, but his acting was superb. At least after the brothers were immersed in Xiaoyu's memories, it was hard for them not to be moved when they saw Xiaoyu recount the whole story.

Just as they guessed, Xiaoyu, who had endured too much pain and unfair treatment, encountered a magical mask in a moment of despair. This mask seemed to be related to the main storyline of this season of Escape Room, but that was not the focus of these "guest guests" of Escape Room. He gained the ability to split himself into other people.

He disguised himself as other people and became friends with the seven people who had shown him kindness. He managed seven social media accounts by himself, but the power granted to him by the mask went out of control. The mask could leave him with one personality, but the other personalities would disappear completely afterward. Therefore, he handed the choice over to his brothers.

Xiaoyu never believed that she should live.

He froze himself, and everything seemed to be coming to an end. But then Lele appeared and told everyone not to give up, because as long as the fire in their hearts didn't go out, Xiaoyu wouldn't disappear.

They need to travel to the seven places of memory, find seven key items, and return to the starting point of the memory to obtain a candle symbolizing the flame of hope. By escorting the candle back and placing it in the box nearby, Xiaoyu will be redeemed.

At this moment, the brothers, their emotions fully stirred, acted immediately. The seven key items correspond to the recognition and approval others showed him in Xiaoyu's memories. In the parent-teacher meeting scene, Weiwei's neighbor, Yu Yu, gave him a bag of fruit to thank him for fixing the water pipes. Weiwei intended to give it to the teacher, but ultimately didn't.

In the noodle shop was Wang Yuexin's positive review for Xixi, and in the office was a cell phone with a text message from Chen Chusheng. They then went to the university dormitory room and found Wang Zhengliang's evaluation of the counselor, as well as a message from the class monitor praising Qiuqiu found in the bathroom.

Finally, they returned to the first scene, obtained a photo with Zhang Yuan, and received a banner from Su Xing.

With the seven props gathered, a mechanism suddenly popped out of the wall of Xiaoyu's childhood room, inside which was a candle.

Needless to say, there will be many difficulties and dangers on the way back with the candles.

To keep the candle burning, everyone tried their best to protect it with layers of protection. Chen Chusheng, Zhang Yuan, and Wang Zhengliang walked in the inner layer, while Su Xing, Yu Yu, Wang Yuexin, and Lu Hu surrounded the outer layer. They took turns acting as human shields, protecting the candle from wind, rain, and snow, and successfully escorted it to its destination.

Xiaoyu was successfully rescued, but his seven personalities will also say goodbye to everyone one by one.

When selecting each person's NPC friend, the production team conducted some background research on them. Therefore, when these NPC friends said goodbye, it was less a summary of their short but wonderful lives and more a blessing and expectation for the future of each of the old Beibei.

Just as Weiwei said to Yuyu, being busy with work all year round is too tiring. Maybe he can stop and rest occasionally. There is always a light on at home for him.

The production team may not know the specific details of Yu Yu and his wealthy family, but it is not difficult for outsiders to infer from Yu Yu's rarity of talking about his family and his confession at the Mushroom House that his relationship with his family is not harmonious, which is why they said that.

However, this sentence cleverly triggered other associations in Yu Yu's mind.

He once disregarded everything, even his own life, for music and his dreams, just like Weiwei, who neglected his family and everything else for work and making money.

The group, who already sympathized with Xiaoyu's plight, felt the farewell and well wishes from their "friend" so real that they couldn't help but tear up.

Land Rover even said that he wanted to drink something after that, something white.

That was inevitable. The seven of them had already agreed to have a meal together after the escape, since today was Chen Chusheng's birthday. However, he didn't have a chance to go home, as he had to fly to another city tomorrow.

Wang Yuexin declared that since he had come to Hunan Province, it was his territory, so he was treating everyone to this meal and no one was allowed to take it from him.

At the dinner table, the group inevitably started talking about Xiaoyu again. Although he was just a fictional character, many people in real life had experienced or were experiencing the same hardships he went through. In comparison, the group of brothers were lucky and happy.

"Do you know what I was thinking in that final moment?" Chen Chusheng, the birthday boy who had already been plied with several drinks, said slowly, "I thought of a lyric, a line from a song, 'We'..."

He gestured to Yu Yu, Wang Yuexin, and Zhang Yuan.

"The lyrics we will sing at the next two-kilometer race are: 'People love your light, but I love your darkness. Let our flaws be our mark, and let us find each other's imprints.'"

"Oh, I know, 'Walking Fish,' that song is perfect for it! How come I didn't think of that!" Land Rover's eyes lit up. "Are you going to sing this song? I love it so much!"

Su Xing couldn't help but laugh: "Chu Sheng, are you sure you can just announce what you're going to sing for the second performance?"

"I'm not telling anyone outside, I'm just telling everyone inside." Chen Chusheng spread his hands to indicate that everyone present was one of their own and there was no need to be formal.

Zhang Yuan hesitated, then said, "Although I also really like this song, but... Brother Sheng, this is your team's song, I can't sing it."

Chen Chusheng was stunned: "You can't sing? Aren't you on our team?"

Wang Yuexin shook her head, suppressing a laugh: "Brother, why don't you drink some water first? He's really not."

“Oh, Yuanyuan isn’t it.” Chen Chusheng said, taking another sip. He didn’t know if it was water, but it was definitely white.

"Yuanyuan, Brother Sheng is still subconsciously treating you as a teammate." Wang Zhengliang patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder with satisfaction.

Sitting to the side, Yu Yu silently raised her hand: "So, I'm the only one who noticed that Brother Sheng actually recited the lyrics completely, even though this song isn't even his own? My goodness, Brother Sheng, I didn't expect you to have this ability. If there's no teleprompter in the future, I suggest you do a quick recitation before going on stage."

Amidst the laughter of the others, Chen Chusheng, who was laughing so hard he looked like a wrinkled shark, raised his hand and threw a peanut at Yu Yu.

Yu Yu caught the peanuts quickly and accurately, tossing them into her mouth: "Thanks for feeding me, brother. I've just finished this plate."

Chen Chu laughed angrily: "You've finished eating, so have you finished revising the melody of your song?"

Yu Yu:?

Yu Yu: "Captain Chen, you have no heart!"

"Hahahaha! You got what you deserved for being so cheeky! See if you'll still be cheeky now. Brother Sheng isn't just your older brother anymore, he's your captain too, hahahaha!" Everyone else laughed so hard they slammed their fists on the table.

Chen Chusheng's question was no less than a boss directly urging him to work on time at the dinner table, or opening his computer and working overtime on the spot in one of the happiest places in the world, such as a singer's concert at Disney or Universal Studios.